1/6000 Models

1/6000 Naval – Late 19th Century

The bottom two rows are 3D printed Italian battleships. The top row wreck markers are made from failed 3D prints, resulting from a two year hiatus in using the printer. The Italian and French cruisers are crude conversions of Figurehead models. The British Edgar and Blake class are Figurehead models, with only slight changes to reflect the modified armament of HMS Crescent and Royal Arthur.

1/6000 Naval – Assorted Vessels

Here are a few 1/6000 scale ship to fill gaps in the fleets. All are Figurehead.

Garibaldi class armored cruisers built by Italy and sold to Argentina and Spain (Pedro de Aragon was cancelled) and British seaplane carriers.

Late war British Ceres and Capetown class light cruisers, and WW1 ships from the Figurehead Argentine and Brazilian fleet packs.

1/6000 Naval – Early US Ships

Here are a few 1/6000 scale US ships authorized in 1900 or earlier and completed by 1906. The first three rows are Figurehead, sculpted in their WW1 configurations. In the forth row (right side) are four Shapeways 3D. The rest are home-made, 3D printed hulls with scratch-built masts and funnels.

Balloon Cruiser Rus

The Rivers class ocean liner SS Lahn, was built at Glasgow by the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company for the Norddeutscher Lloyd shipping company. Starting in 1888, she sailed between Bremen and New York as an express liner.

In 1904 she was sold to the Russian Volunteer Fleet, converted to a balloon cruiser and renamed Rus (some sources say Russ). Her specifications were:
Gross tonnage: 5,099 (as SS Lahn)
Length: 448.4 ft.
Beam: 49 ft.
Speed: 18.36 knots (average from Southampton to New York in 1889)
Armament: 4 3 inch and 10 six-pounder British weapons (1904)
Balloons: 4 Parseval-Sigsfeld kite, 1 spherical observation (1904)

She sailed for the Far East as part of the Third Pacific Squadron, but only got as far as Aalbeck Bay, south of Skagen, before her poor condition caused Admiral Nyebogatoff to send her back to Libava (Reference “Tsushima Japan’s Trafalgar,” pages 218-219).

The photo above is a crude version of the Rus in 1/6000 scale, converted from a Figurehead Otranto. The lump aft is intended to represent a Parseval-Sigsfeld being prepared for ascent.

1/6000 Naval – WW1 Turkish Navy

Figurehead 1/6000 scale ships from the WW1 Turkish navy pack.

Yavuz was the German grosse kreuzer Goeben.
Midilli was the German lichte kreuzer Breslau.
Barbarossa (Heireddin Barbarossa) was the German linienschiff Kurfurst Friedrich Wilhelm.
Torgud Reis was the German linienschiff Weissenburg.
Medjidieh was a US-built protected cruiser.
Hamidieh (originally Abdul Hamid) was a British-built protected cruiser.
Destroyer Squadron 1 consisted of German S165 class destoyers.
Destroyer Squadron 2 consisted of French Durandal class destoyers.
English spellings are from Conway’s All the Worlds Fighting Ships 1906-1921.